Chapter 152: Absent-minded

The elf looked at the dwarf's back, then turned back and sighed deeply. He said, "Sorry for making you see a joke, human. By the way, what's your name? We seem to have become overly familiar, but we still don't know each other's names."

"Jess Sesoth."

"Ah, Sesoth. It sounds like a surname that originated from the ancient Tirisfal language. So you are from Lordaeron. Why did you go to Stormwind to learn magic? Is it also like that dwarf, wanting to be as far away from Quel'Thalas as possible?" The elf asked with a smile.

"There's no particular reason." Jess casually said, "Of course, if Quel'Thalas allowed outsiders in, I would go there to learn."

"Do you think there are no outsiders now?" The elf said meaningfully.

Looking at the elf's unhappy expression, Jess guessed who he was referring to.

Now the first human ranger, and in the future the Forsaken ranger lord "The Blighted" who is loyal to the Dark Lady. It is estimated that he is already being trained in Quel'Thalas. And the organization that trains him is the Farstriders. The existence of this human has caused widespread dissatisfaction among everyone in Quel'Thalas, from the prince to the rangers.

Of course, at this time he is still Nathanos Marris, a progressive young man who is wholeheartedly eager to learn the skills of the elves and return to Lordaeron to train more excellent soldiers to serve the royal family and protect the people. He is still far from being the undead servant who will do anything for Sylvanas's victory in the future. The elf waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about irrelevant matters. I am Kefal Brightwing. As I said before, I am a member of the Farstriders. The incident in Duskwood that day was really very sorry. I was originally there looking for traces of orcs on the orders of the ranger general. By the way, I was entrusted by a friend to get some special herbs back. It was really a conflict that shouldn't have happened."

"Brightwing? Who is Hadumon Brightwing to you?" Jess asked curiously.

Kefal said, "I can only be sure that he is one of my relatives. As for the specific blood relationship between us, I don't know very well and I'm not interested in finding out. Speaking of which, you seem to know quite a lot about the Farstriders. Is Captain Hadumon very famous in your world?"

"I don't know either." Jess said, "I just heard about him. After all, he is a very powerful ranger."

Kefal nodded and said, "There is no doubt about that."

Jess brought up the matter of black dragons, intending to get some news about the Eye of Dalaran indirectly from him. Somehow, the conversation strayed to the Farstriders again.

He tried to bring the topic back: "Speaking of the matter about black dragons... I want to know, has Dalaran been attacked recently?"

"You mean by black dragons?" Kefal asked.

"By anyone." Jess said.

"Protected by the magic of the Kirin Tor, this city has not suffered any real damage for a long time. Even during the orc war when the Horde tried to attack here, it was in vain in the end." Kefal smiled and shook his head and said, "Unless someone can organize an army like the one that attacked Quel'Thalas again, there is absolutely no way to have such thoughts."

Jess propped his chin and listened to Kefal talk about the powerful but still slightly inferior magical defense of Dalaran compared to Quel'Thalas. He understood in his heart that this also means that Dalaran has not been attacked by Teron Gorefiend yet. The Eye of Dalaran should still be safely placed in the treasury of the Kirin Tor.

The Eye of Dalaran is an important foundation of the entire magical defense of Dalaran at this time. After it is stolen, the one who supports the entire city's defense system becomes the ruler himself, that is, the leader of the Kirin Tor, Archmage Antonidas.

But obviously, the power of this old mage Antonidas is definitely far inferior to the Eye of Dalaran, an energy artifact that specifically outputs arcane power. From then on, this magical holy city becomes extremely precarious.

Kefal spoke in great detail, and Jess listened very carefully. But during this process, Kefal did not mention the Eye of Dalaran at all.

That is to say, although this elf ranger generally understands the operation of the defense system on the periphery of Dalaran, he does not know what its source of power is exactly.

Now Jess is a bit headache. As a mage apprentice in Stormwind thousands of miles away, should he know about the existence of the Eye of Dalaran?

The so-called three divine artifacts mentioned in that letter did not mention what they specifically are. He can't just take this letter and find a Kirin Tor mage and say that the Eye of Dalaran is included in these three holy artifacts, can he? Teron Gorefiend knows the locations of these artifacts because he was once Gul'dan's most trusted deputy.

At first, Gul'dan hoped that he would find many treasures including these three divine artifacts, intending to help the Horde capture Quel'Thalas, which is tightly guarded by layers of magical barriers. But before Teron made any progress, Gul'dan had already lost power and recognized the Horde's failure. Instead, he went to look for the Tomb of Sargeras that he values the most.

And the clues to these treasures were all told to Gul'dan by Medivh, or rather Sargeras who was possessing Medivh. The purpose is to make him disrupt the entire Azeroth.

How could Jess know the secrets known only to Medivh, Sargeras, and the high-level of the Kirin Tor?

Once it is leaked out, won't he be directly captured and locked up for interrogation as a demon?

Medivh's book must have been taken away. At this point in time, the death knights should have set off to find the Scepter of Sargeras. Maybe they have already snatched it from the demons and are about to return.

As long as Teron Gorefiend steals the Eye of Dalaran in person, he will quickly head south with the help of black dragons and join the death knight regiment carrying the Scepter of Sargeras. Then he will cross the Dark Portal and return to Draenor again with his subordinates scattered all over the world.

So how to let Dalaran know about this.

Jess can't think of a suitable way all of a sudden. But in any case, at least don't let himself run into Teron Gorefiend before returning to Stormwind. After all, he still holds the other party's staff.

Just when he was worried about the staff, suddenly a strange and unfamiliar aura came to his side. Different from the sweet wine smell and the rich milky smell of bread and pastries in the tavern, this aura is even lighter than the fragrance of flowers.

While absent-minded, a female elf suddenly lowered her head and appeared in front of his nose.

She quietly said something to Kefal. Jess sat up and made way, and by the way, took a look at the person in front of him.

The woman was wearing a silver cloak with green edges. The hood completely covered her side face. When she walked over, her footsteps did not make the slightest sound on the floor tiles, so that Jess did not feel anyone approaching at all.

Kefal responded softly in Elvish. The woman then said a few more words in a low voice in Elvish. It seemed that she only noticed that there was another person beside her.

She looked at Jess, lifted the edge of her hat a little, and said in stiff, heavily accented Common, "Sorry to interrupt your conversation, human."

"It doesn't matter. You talk."

Now Jess could clearly see her appearance.

Compared to the somewhat aggressive and exotic beauty of most female high elves, the curve of her cheek is softer. Because she is obviously very young. Even a human like Jess can see it.

She is very thin. The empty hood and cloak seem to be hanging on a narrow hanger. The light-colored hair strands leak out from the slightly flushed neck. If it were long hair, it must be tied in a bun. Jess realized that he had never been so close to an elf before.

Even now, he is still not quite used to the slightly different positions of the facial features of elves and humans. But if he forcibly sets aside this sense of foreignness and judges by elf standards, she can be considered beautiful.

Kefal smiled apologetically at Jess, and then said something to her in Common again. But the other party retorted a few words unhappily. She politely nodded slightly at Jess and then turned and left in a hurry.

Jess watched her back disappear at the door. Only then did he realize that he had been staring in that direction for too long. He immediately turned back.

That indescribable aura still lingered around. As the woman left, it gradually faded.

"What were you talking about just now?" He couldn't help asking.

"Ah, I almost forgot that you don't know Thalassian."

When Kefal spoke in Common again, his accent suddenly became much heavier.

"We were supposed to set off for Silverpine Forest to carry out a mission in the evening. I planned to change it to the afternoon. That one is considered one of my students now. She is not satisfied with my decision. She thinks that the orcs hiding there will only be active late at night. Going there in the afternoon will only be a wasted trip. Of course, she is right."

"The black dragon we were tracking is already dead. You and that dwarf certainly know this better than anyone else... So now there are only some not very important patrol missions. Just because I and a few instructors are responsible for leading this group of new recruits. At most, there is a little bit of an assessment meaning. She wants some results. But in the current situation, there is no need to be too active on your land. I don't want to provoke both the Sunstrider and Menethil courts just for a few dirty orc heads."

"So, is the Alliance of Lordaeron really unsustainable?"

Jess asked casually. After all, this is not something he cares about at all. The alliance between elves and humans was never taken very seriously. Whether it lasts or not is just so-so. The threat of Teron Gorefiend is much more intuitive than this.

"Unless there is another orc invasion or something else. In short, it is a disaster that none of us three parties want to encounter."

As Kefal spoke, he mysteriously raised his eyebrows and looked this way for a while, as if he had noticed that Jess wasn't listening very carefully.

"Can you also see that she is extraordinary, Jess Sesoth?"

"What's extraordinary..." Jess suddenly came to his senses and realized that Kefal was talking about the woman just now.

"Ah, so who is she?"

"You definitely don't know the name of this new recruit." Kefal raised his eyebrows, as if he couldn't wait to show off.

"As for being called a new recruit, it's just because she still needs to learn to become a qualified Farstrider. If it comes to a duel, I am definitely not her opponent. She is the most outstanding and motivated one among the last batch of new recruits. Young and deadly. The inheritance of her family is vividly reflected in her. In fact, one of her older sisters is my immediate superior, that is, the ranger general of Silvermoon City that I mentioned earlier."

"By the way, you must know the name of her eldest sister." Kefal lowered his voice and said, "Alleria Windrunner."